Roll with it

[fuzzyjay]

I take the Max, Portland's light rail, to work every day. Yesterday, halfway to the station, which is about 2 blocks from my apartment, I noticed I was walking funny, and looked down to realize that I was wearing one dress shoe and one tennis shoe.

I rushed back to my apartment... thinking I could still make it to work on time, having factored in about 15 minutes of slack. I ran upstairs and put on the other dress shoe, and grabbed the houseplant I was going to take to work but had forgotten in the morning rush.

I ran down the stairs and out the door and down the block and got to the steps leading down to the Max platform. I rushed down one flight of stairs and then caught the toe of my dress shoe on one of the steps. I tumbled down one flight of steps to the next landing.

Forty-eight years of falling experience taught me to roll, and I got up without apparent injuries. There was only one witness to my clumsiness, a rather handsome bearded man descending the stairs after me. I said "that was the most spectacular fall I've done in a while," and proceeded gingerly but quickly down to the platform.

The houseplant was fine, my clothes were not scraped off me, and I got to work on time. I have some bruising on my hip, is all.

Comments

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

Chevy Chase would be proud

[dendren.livejournal.com]

as would President Ford...

[dodgingwndshlds.livejournal.com]

Don't you start falling, too. Although, I do have that extra wheelchair in the garage.

[philhasablog.livejournal.com]

I'm a stumbler. I never seem to hit the pavement, but I do seem to trip over stuff more than would be expected.

New ideas, trends in fashion, maintenance of electronic goods - they all trip me us.

Stay upright buddy.

[pagerbear.livejournal.com]

There's a movie short in that story.

[fuzzyjay.livejournal.com]

I do my own stunts.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

sucky way for you to start off the morning but ummmm... it made for a great laugh to start mine. You had me at 1 dress shoe and 1 tennis shoe :)

[reslbear.livejournal.com]

... I noticed I was walking funny, and looked down to realize that I was wearing one dress shoe and one tennis shoe.

I'm kind of puzzled about that. Didn't you put the shoes on at the same time?

Nice recovery with the tumble though!

[fuzzyjay.livejournal.com]

I selected 2 black shoes from a pile of four. At least I got one right and one left, on the right feet!

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

*sniff* I love happy endings!!!

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Loose hips sink ships